The Town is committed to pursuing grants and alternative funding opportunities to support a wide range of projects, acquire specialized equipment, and enhance training efforts. These resources allow the Town to extend beyond the limitations of its operational budget and address the evolving needs of a growing community. To promote transparency and provide clear, up-to-date information, this grant funding page is reset annually on July 1. We are grateful to the funding agencies that continue to recognize and invest in the future of the Town.
The Town of Leland has partnered with PARTF to keep pace with our fast-growing community’s desire and need for improved and expanded recreation opportunities and facilities. This exciting project will update and transform Founders Park from a basic municipal park to a hub of community activity and engagement for all Leland citizens by adding unique amenities not found elsewhere in the area.
Founders Park Phase I will add the first splashpad in northern Brunswick County, fitness stations, an amphitheater, a veterans memorial, an improved walking trail, additional parking, restrooms, and associated site furnishings.
Perry Avenue, which is currently a dead end road, will be extended in order to fully connect Village Road with Old Fayetteville Road. This will aid in traffic flow by giving some relief to Town Hall Drive, which runs parallel to Perry Avenue. Founders Park will be framed on both sides with Perry Avenue and Town Hall Drive, aiding in traffic flow around park. The road improvements will also allow the addition of parallel parking and resurfacing, which will enhance the appearance and durability of the road.
The Leland Tourism Development Authority grant program assists organizations with the marketing, promotion, and execution of projects and initiatives that promote tourism in – and attract visitors to – the Town of Leland.
As our Town grows, Leland Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Recourses is committed to growing and adapting our recreational amenities and programs to meet the expectations of our community. We look forward to increasing the number of performances and events so all ages can interact at the heart of the Town, while creating memories as families, neighbors, and friends.
The program goal for the Innovative Finance and Asset Concession (IFAC) Grant is to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships in which the private sector partner could assume a greater role in project planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation, including by assisting eligible entities in entering into Asset Concessions. A significant focus of the IFAC is to identify Existing Assets that have the potential to provide additional public benefits through asset concessions. Under the Program, Eligible Entities can procure Advisors, hire employees into a public agency, or both to administer Proposed Activities.
The Town of Leland has applied to the IFAC grant to complete design, environmental review, and survey for infrastructure.
The Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) reimburses states, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for up to 50 percent of the cost of body armor vests purchased for law enforcement officers.
Since 1999, over 13,000 jurisdictions have participated in the BVP Program, with a total of $573 million in federal funds for the purchase of over 1.5 million body armor vests.
Since FY 2015, body armor vests were directly attributable to saving the lives of at least 305 law enforcement and corrections officers (based on data collected by OJP). Forty-three of those body armor vests were purchased, in part, with BVP funds.
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides funding to state, local, tribal and territorial governments to develop hazard mitigation plans and rebuild in ways that reduce or mitigate future disaster losses in their communities. This funding becomes available following a Presidentially declared disaster.
The South Navassa Road Pump Station is increasingly vulnerable to flooding as climate change is affecting storm surge, high-tide, and rising sea levels. The requested FEMA HMGP grant will fund relocation of the South Navassa Road Sewer Pump Station to reduce potential flood hazards.